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Tales of Love and Death: Available Copies

Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 243 pp. The first Tartarus printing was issued in 2011 and was limited to 350 copies; this is the second Tartarus Press Edition issued in 2014. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. Collects six fantastic & supernatural stories. Originally published by Gollancz in 1977, this edition has a New Introduction by Michael Dirda.

Bound in black boards with slightly bumped spine ends otherwise a clean tight copy in a clean and slightly bumped price clipped jacket.

Second Tartarus edition, hardcover, has a very slight lean to binding, a hint of shelfwear to spine ends and board corners, and a tiny smudge to fore edge of text block, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in a crisp Near Fine dust jacket.

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Seven Ôchilling tales.Õ ISBN 057502335X. Fine in fine dust wrapper.

TALES OF LOVE AND DEATH by Robert Aickman Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1977 first edition in Dust Jacket 192 pages . Contents include Growing Boys , Marriage , Le Miroir, Compulsory Games, Raising the wind, Residents Only , Wood Seven. Stories by this modern Master of the Macabre. A near fine copy with a small faint stain or lighting of the color to a small section of the lower board edges in a price clipped or else fine dust jacket. See Photos LR 1/1E

Leyburn, Tartarus Press, 2012. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine copy. One of 350 published. Collects together seven pieces, with an introduction by Michael Dirda and a cover illustration by Stephen Clark. An excellent copy from the wonderful Tartarus Press. This is the first of two Tartarus editions, the other being 2014. The first edition (and only prior edition) was published by Gollancz in 1977. Slight mark to jacket at lower spine. [7868, Hyraxia Books].

Black boards with gold spine titling, near fine with lightly bumped spine foot. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket near fine in Mylar with only light edgewear to spine foot. Pages bright, text unmarked.

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An uncommon title and Aickman's 6th collection of short stories. A fine book, some toning to the endpapers, small dealer sticker on the inside board and dealer note in pencil. An unclipped jacket that is very fine with hardly any signs of age. Now in a clear protective cover. A very collectable copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages

First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Seven stories of the macabre.Tail of spine slightly bumped, otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper. Unaccountably scarce.

First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in black cloth covered hard boards and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (£4.75 net). Seven stories including 'Growing Boys', 'Marriage' and 'Residents Only'. Book and jacket are both in Fine condition, a lovely copy.

Octavo, boards. Collects seven stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-9. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-6. Winter list, p. 267. Mild toning to text block, tiny stain to upper left front free end paper and offset to paste down, a fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket. (28949)

fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustwrapper, 1st edition. A collection of seven macabre tales.

Tales of Love and Death by Robert Aickman (First Edition) Gollancz File Copy A tight bright unread copy. "F157" penciled to ffep. A sharp bright dust jacket. Brodart cover. First printing. 7 tales. Gollancz Fantasy & Macabre.

First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed in 1977 by the author on the front flyleaf. Black cloth book has bumping to the bottom spine. Jacket has some offsetting to the pastedowns. Seven tales.

Unbound UK Galley Proofs. Signed and inscribed by the author. Pages toned with a few small tears. 65 sheets printed on rectos only. Scarce signed proof of this collection of seven stories.

London, Gollancz, 1977. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A fine copy. An important association copy, inscribed by the author to Ann Pym and Mary George. Pym and George were two of Aickman's closest friends, particularly in later life. Aickman lived with the pair for a number of years, with most of the stories from this collection having been written whilst Aickman was there - this is mentioned in the inscription too. A lovely association. Aickman dedicated Cold Hand in Mine to George and Pym. The present copy comes from the estate of Ann Pym. Gathers together seven short stories. His sixth collection, three stories herein previously published in anthologies. A little bumping to the spine tips. [11115, Hyraxia Books].